Heya critters! Real quick I'd like to apologize for the quiet November. While I continued to work hard in the background, the entire month felt like a wash due to multiple family and personal issues that just kept compounding.

Without going into too much detail, a family member that lives with us is now on in-home hospice and it took a minute to find our new normal. Then as things were settling down we had the thanksgiving holiday to contend with, and (unrelated to the aforementioned holiday) I got food poisoning and was pretty useless for a few days 😅 But I'm feeling much better now!

‼️SO, to dive right in to it, surveys have been submitted for review and should be going out in the next 48 hours!‼️ We're just waiting on Backerkit to double check everything and turn us loose, and then I can send the smoke test followed by the 2000+ surveys.

The preorder store is also live! But I want to stress that if you backed the S3 campaign, DO NOT use the  preorder store. Your orders will NOT automatically combine and you'll be charged twice for shipping.

(But the preorder store is great for seeing everything in one place in case you're unsure about what all we unlocked! 😉) 

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Now let's look at some samples!!!
 
First we have the finalized gryphon to ogle! I adore them. They look so much like the concept art, and the added detail on the beak is really 🤌🤌🤌

Then there's the first finalized backpack, which is freakin adorable. Y'all don't know this about me but I love tiny versions of everyday things, and this checks all my boxes. Cute, detailed, functional, and SMALL.  
 

The guardian lion is also well on their way to looking perfect already. I was pleasantly surprised by the first sample, but we've opted to go with a shorter material for the orange areas so the swirl details really pop. With a few more tweaks to the shape of their head and face, I think they're going to look perfect!

Mini Gutsy is proving to be a bit more complex, unfortunately. I have two suppliers working on them, and once they're finished I'll let you guys vote on which one we go with!

These are not the final samples. The left version needs a few final tweaks to the leg shape, and the right version needs a few color adjustments. but they are close! I hope to hold the poll within the next 2-3 weeks, so keep an eye out for that.

I believe that covers everything that has happened over the last few weeks! I'll share another update as soon as surveys go live, and then again as we get the finalized Gutsy from both suppliers-- you'll be hearing from me a lot this December! 💖